burlap

• This allowed the boat to go higher, and gave them the luxury of lining the underside of the balloon casings with a padding of burlap--sufficient, it was to be hoped, to prevent musket fire from piercing the bags and igniting the dephlogisticated air. —  Omni: April 1995
• I did a paper on torture in college and I can never forget the worst ones: the glass tube shoved into the penis and then broken while the tortured person is forced to drink glass after glass of water, the legs encased in a vise and put in a burlap sack and then pounded with hammers until the burlap is the only thing holding them together. —  Land of the Blind by Jess Walter
• An empty desk and bookcase still remained On the floor were many packages done in burlap, and numerous stout boxes, none of the latter very large, but stoutly built. —  021 - The Sea Magician
• I once overheard som fellow shopper proclaim that they couldn't stand 'green' products because they are always made from hemp or burlap, an over-exaggeration to be sure, but I can't help but think that person has never heard of Mollie Dash. is a Brooklyn-based jewelry artist committed to leaving a small eco footprint. —  Indie Fixx
• Kristen also lacked style -- Simon, commenting on her dress which could best be described as a burlap sack that fell into a vat of pink Easter egg dye, said it "looked like your Mum styled you."

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